Slur

Quick meaning: Slur is a noun meaning An insult or slight, especially one that is muttered incoherently under one's breath.

Meaning

An insult or slight, especially one that is muttered incoherently under one's breath.

More Meanings

1. A mark of dishonour; a blight or stain.
2. An act of running one's words together; poor verbal articulation.
3. Any instance of separate things gradually blending together, such as heartbeats in some medical disorders.
4. (music) A set of notes that are played legato, without separate articulation.
5. (music) The symbol indicating a legato passage, written as an arc over the slurred notes (not to be confused with a tie).
6. To insult or slight.
7. To run together; to articulate poorly.

Example Sentences

a slur on one's reputation

And now I'm drinking too much, so I'ma talk with a slur

to slur syllables; He slurs his speech when he is drunk.

And how men slur him, saying all his force / Is melted into mere effeminacy?

Word Forms

• slurs
• slurring
• slurred

Synonyms for slur

Depending on context, synonyms include abuse, dis, misuse, affront, burn, carry.

Antonyms for slur

Common opposites include focus.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include aspersion, blur, dim, smirch, smudge, smear.

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